Okiato, Bay of Islands
Maker
Duncan, Russell
Current rights
Public Domain
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View of Okiato in the Bay of Islands, possibly taken in 1914. The photograph has been taken from an elevated position looking across a channel of water towards an island. Succulents grow in the foreground
A note on the album page reads: Okiato or Russell. The site of the house where Gov Hobson lived in 1840 - after Gov Hobson left Bay of Islands, Kororareka was called Russell.
A piece of paper has been glued onto the album page. It reads: Kororareka was never the seat of government, nor the capital of New Zealand. When Captain Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands, a place called Okiato, then occupied by Captain Clendon was bought, and was taken [possession?] of by Captain Hobson as Government House. To this the name of Russell was given. But afterwards, when the site of Auckland was fixed upon and purchased from the Maoris, the name Russell, was transferred to Kororareka.
Photographer, Russell Duncan.
A note on the album page reads: Okiato or Russell. The site of the house where Gov Hobson lived in 1840 - after Gov Hobson left Bay of Islands, Kororareka was called Russell.
A piece of paper has been glued onto the album page. It reads: Kororareka was never the seat of government, nor the capital of New Zealand. When Captain Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands, a place called Okiato, then occupied by Captain Clendon was bought, and was taken [possession?] of by Captain Hobson as Government House. To this the name of Russell was given. But afterwards, when the site of Auckland was fixed upon and purchased from the Maoris, the name Russell, was transferred to Kororareka.
Photographer, Russell Duncan.
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Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted in an album.
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Measurements
Album (closed): Height x Width x Depth/Length: 233 x 310 x 33mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 143 x 203mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 143 x 203mm
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Subject date
1914?
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16374
Credit Line
gifted by Jasper Herrick
Other number(s)
m96/6-7, Album 7, 16374, 81771
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